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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Deven's occupation?
2. What does Deven's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?
3. How does Deven feel during his walk around the village with Manu?
4. What is the guru-shisya tradition Murad describes in Chapter 5?
5. What does Deven do when Imtiaz and the old woman began to fight with Nur between them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Murad suggest Deven do in order to successfully get an interview with Nur, while continuing his college work as well?
2. Describe what Deven sees when he first enters Nur's room in Chapter 2?
3. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?
4. How does Deven behave toward his wife as protest against her disappointment in their married life?
5. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches Hindi and not Urdu at the college?
6. Why does Deven begin to question agreeing to interview Nur in Chapter 2 while he rides the bus to Delhi?
7. How does Deven react when Murad tells him he will not be going to Nur's with him? What does Murad do to try to appease his friend?
8. Who is Nur? What does Murad want Deven to do in connection with Nur?
9. Why is Deven unable to ask Nur for an interview during his first visit?
10. What did Deven do for Murad, which Murad has still not yet paid him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing color imagery in In Custody. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
Essay Topic 3
Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
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